Henley-on-Thames

9°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 12° / 6° · 31% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:59Sunset 16:35

9h 36m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Reading New Town, United Kingdom

• 7.1 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

64 reported · August 2026▲ 19% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences23
• Criminal damage & arson12
• Anti-social behaviour7
• Other theft5

3 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Henley · Thames Valley

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

194 reported road collisions (2025)

46 killed or seriously injured · 253 casualties · 10.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

128 food businesses within 2 miles

• 92 rated 4–5 ★ (71 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Henley-on-Thames (0.1 km)
• 22 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£491,944 average▼ 2.5% YoY

Across Wokingham · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,466 average monthly rent▲ 1.8% YoY

• 1 bed £1,054
• 2 bed £1,345
• 3 bed £1,646

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

10.5× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.5 times median annual pay (11.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,232 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · BP (9.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · BP (9.7 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

24 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 75 kW
• Nearest: HoT Mill Meadows Car Park 1 (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres7
• Gyms3
• Swimming pools3
• Sports pitches42
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

177,502 residents in Wokingham · 992/km²

• Under 16: 21%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK13,285
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK12,508
• Net moves+777

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 295 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,498 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (28% of 75,150)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

84 schools · 33,224 pupils

54 primary · 9 secondary · 21 other

Ofsted: 22 of 24 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (92%)

71 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Wokingham

169 CQC-registered services

• Care homes45
• GP practices25
• Dentists38
• Homecare agencies49

CQC ratings: 93% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Wokingham

• Not in the Green Belt
• 382 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

280 applications decided

97.1% granted · 272 granted, 8 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Freddie van Mierlo

Liberal Democrat

Henley and Thame

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Lab 5
• Con 19
• LD 29
• Grn 1

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools7
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens12
• Restaurants & cafés44

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,495 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

415 jobs advertised · £37,058 avg

e.g. Senior Podiatrist, Foot Healthcare Practitioner, Chef de Partie Gastro Pub

Source: Adzuna

£954 median full-time weekly pay

2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£32,259 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

52% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 73,180 certificates

6.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

38% low-carbon electricity

Gas 49% · Solar 15% · Imports 13% · Wind 13%

208 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 87.3 yrs women · 82.7 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 69.4 women · 68 men

58% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

6 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in RG9

• The Hart Surgery
• Nettlebed Surgery
• The Bell Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Henley and Thame:

• Stop plans to use MoD sites for asylum seekers without full local consultation578 local signatures · 23,862 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks430 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases301 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND228 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Ensure new sewage treatment infrastructure meets higher standards as in the EU228 local signatures · 48,100 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Henley-on-Thames railway station · 0.1 km

  Henley-on-Thames is a terminal railway station in the town of Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire, England. The station is on the Henley Branch Line that links the towns of Henley and Twyford. It is 4 miles 47 chains (7.4…

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  Henley from the Wargrave Road · 0.3 km

  Henley from the Wargrave Road is an oil painting, painted in 1698 by the Flemish artist Jan Siberechts.

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  River and Rowing Museum · 0.3 km

  The River & Rowing Museum in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England, was on a site at Mill Meadows by the River Thames. It had three main themes represented by major permanent galleries, the non-tidal River Thames, th…

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  Henley-on-Thames · 0.3 km

  Henley-on-Thames is a town and civil parish on the River Thames, in the South Oxfordshire district, in Oxfordshire, England, 9 miles (14 km) northeast of Reading, 7 miles (11 km) west of Maidenhead, 23 miles (37 km) s…

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  Henley Rowing Club · 0.4 km

  Henley Rowing Club is a rowing club on the River Thames based on Wargrave Road, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.

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  Mill Meadows, Henley-on-Thames · 0.4 km

  Mill Meadows is part of the flood plain of the River Thames at Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England. It is an area of natural beauty close to the town centre of Henley. Marsh Lock.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)